Two teens jailed over Essex train stabbing
Written by News on 19/07/2019
Two teenagers have been jailed for a total of 21 years after a young man was chased on to a train and stabbed six times in the neck, chest and leg.
CCTV footage shows two attackers chasing the victim, who is in his late teens, through the streets and into Westcliff-on-Sea station in Southend, Essex, on Monday 22 October last year.
They were joined by a third man at the station, 19-year-old Abdi Hashi, who is seen in the footage wearing a black and red tracksuit.
All three men cornered the victim on a waiting train and stabbed him.
An off-duty nurse and a member of St John Ambulance who were on board managed to keep the man alive until he was taken to a London hospital where he underwent emergency surgery.
The victim spent two weeks in hospital recovering from his injuries.
The attackers – Hashi and a 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons and was seen on CCTV carrying the machete – were both found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm.
One of the teens, seen wearing a grey coat in the footage, was not identified.
Hashi received a 13-year prison sentence while the 17-year-old was given eight and a half years.
The court heard the victim had been chased from a nearby takeaway.
CCTV footage showed the 17-year-old running after the man with a knife alongside the unidentified teenager.
Hashi was seen joining the group at the station, throwing his bike aside at the entrance and running in.
All three fled the train when it arrived at another stop.
DCI Sam Blackburn, of the British Transport Police, said: “It’s very fortunate that this attack did not result in a death, and it’s a testament to the professionalism and skill of the attending medics that the young victim will live another day.
“The victim and his attackers were known to each other and the incident itself is believed to have been gang related. Nevertheless, this was a vicious assault which is thankfully something we rarely experience on the rail network.
“Both attackers will now serve a substantial period of their adult lives in jail, and I hope the severity of their sentences will force them to question their violent behaviour.”
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